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Death Penalties

by R Berger
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Overview

Does the Supreme Court have the authority to deprive the people of the right to govern themselves? Marshaling a convincing array of historical sources. Raoul Berger demonstrates that the Framers withheld such power from the Court and that its death penalty decisions unconstitutionally impose the Justices' morals upon an unwilling people.

About the Author, R Berger

Raoul Berger was Charles Warren Senior Fellow in American Legal History at the Harvard Law School. Among his books is Executive Privilege: A Constitutional Myth.

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Book Details

Published
July 1, 1990
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1982.
Pages
252
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780674194267

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